The Wisconsin Academy booth at the Oshkosh International Pathfinder Camporee offered the Maple Sugar honor, which turned out to be extremely popular. Over 2,000 Pathfinders waited in line up to three hours for the opportunity to experience this walk-through exhibit, learn how maple syrup is made, and complete the honor requirements.
Each Pathfinder was given an iPad with 24 multiple-choice questions on the process, conditions, and equipment necessary for making maple syrup. They gathered the answers by reading information and observing the actual equipment and tools used in making maple syrup from Wisconsin Academy trees. They also got to taste the sweet syrup made this spring from tapping some of the maple trees growing on campus.
Juanita Edge, Communication Director
Part of the Wisconsin Academy team operating the Wisconsin Academy Maple Sugar honor boothl 
Booth is almost complete 
Organizational details 
Adding final touches to the booth 
Greeting people and introducing them to Wisconsin Academy 
The lines waiting to go through the booth 
Visiting with people waiting their turn 
Visiting with Pathfinders waiting their turn at the Maple Sugar booth 
Waiting their turn 
More lines waiting for this 
What time of year is best to tap a maple tree for sap? 
How many gallons of sap are required for one gallon of syrup? 
How many taps can be made in a tree 19" in diameter? 
How big/old does a tree have to be before you can tap it? 
What are the identifying marks of a Maple tree? 
In what part of the world is the maple sugar industry active? 
Turning in their ipads to see if they passed the test 
Everyone completing the honor received a taste of Wisconsin Academy maple syrup 
Giving the official signature of successfull completion of Maple Sugar honor reuirements 
Pathfinder Maple Sugar Honor Patch 
This year's maple syrup from Wisconsin Academy trees